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多duōmany; much; more; a lot of
夕evening · xī
夕evening · xī
Memory aidTwo 夕 shapes stacked up: many.
元yuáncurrency unit
二two · èr
儿legs · ér
Memory aidA person 儿 with the head marked on top 二: the head, the first. Today it is also China’s main unit of money.
化huàto make into
亻person form of 人 · rén
匕spoon · bǐ
Memory aidA person 亻 next to a person turned upside down 匕: to change, to transform.
How to write 多元化
多 6 strokes · 元 4 strokes · 化 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 多元化 (duōyuánhuà). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
多元化 (duōyuánhuà) means “diversification” or “diverse”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duōyuánhuà: duō with a 1st tone, then yuán with a 2nd tone, then huà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 多元化 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duoyuanhua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 多元化 from the suggestions. Typing duoyuanhua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
多元化 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
多duō1st tone, high and level
元yuán2nd tone, rising
化huà4th tone, falling
